Oscar guilty of murder - State

Pretoria - Paralympic double amputee athlete Oscar
Pistorius is guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the State
said in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Friday.

"My Lady, he knew it was a human being in the
toilet. His intention was to kill a human being," prosecutor Gerrie Nel
said in answering the defence's final arguments.

"[if Pistorius] shot into cubicle well-knowing there
is a human being in there then he is guilty of murder. My lady, if someone
shoots to kill then there must be consequences."

Because Pistorius had said he wanted to shoot an intruder
at his Pretoria home on 14 February last year, and not his girlfriend, did not
change the fact that it was murder, said Nel.

Pistorius is on trial for the murder of Steenkamp.

He shot and killed her through a locked toilet door at
his home. He alleged he mistook her for an intruder. The State contends that he
shot her after an argument.

Nel said the defences provided by his defence was
"so mutually exclusive that they are mutually destructive".

Pistorius is also charged with three contraventions of
the Firearms Control Act, one of illegal possession of ammunition and two of
discharging a firearm in public. He has pleaded not guilty to these charges as
well.